septum@grafixx

i've wanted to get my septm pierced for a while...actually not too long
of a while, but a long enough while for me (about 4 months.) i already
had numerous other peircings, (11 ear peircings, 1 nostril, 1 tounge,
and for about a month a belly peircing.) i've done all of them myself,
except for the tounge which i had done at a tatto/peircing parlor called
skyline, in Arlington VA. they did a great job and i decided to go back
for the septum to be done. i had decided i wanted something a little
more visable than a tounge ring. so i went back, with two of my
friends, Julia and Courtney to see what could be done with my nose.

The first time i went they didn't check for i.d., which was good,

considering i had just turned 15. The second time they did check and i
didn't have i.d., or at least nothing that said i was legaly old enough
to get peirced without parental permission (which i wasn't any way.) So
i didn't end up getting peirced that day and i decided to do what Julia
had done and get peirced at the HFStival, a rock festival in the
Washington/baltimore area. Julia has also done her peircings herself,
except for the tounge (10 earings, 1 laret done with a tack, 1 tounge, 1
belly, and for about 5 months an eye brow ring) last year (1998) at the
HFStival she had decided to get her tounge peirced and like me she
decided not to risk doing it herself and ending up in a hospital because
she went through the wrong vein. what she did, (because her parents
would never actually take her to do this, even if they didn't care once
the ring was in)was find a "daddy". she got him to sign all the paper
work and she got to get her peircing- no questions asked. so this is
what i (and nate, a friend) did. julia and i went out into the
"carnival" area and searched for a father. this is probally highly
illegal, so don't do it (unless you know for a fact that it is not
illegal, and then feel free- but i'm pretty sure there is some law
against fake parents) it took 3 trys, but the third guy seemed pretty
amused by the whole thing and said sure, why not, i'll do it. we came
up with a name, address and all that stuff and went to get it done (nate
just gotten his nipple peirced, with some other adult) there were 2
tattoo/peircing stands, grafixx, and i don't remember the name of the
other one. the other one was less expensive, but i had heard really
good things about grafixx, so we went there. all my "father" had to do
was sign, then i just filled out the rest and paid. There was a three
hour wait (my opinion is all 75,000 people there decided to get
something peirced before me) so julia and i went back and went into the
pit for orgy. Three hours later we came back and there was still a half
hour wait, so we went back to collect courtney, and lilly (for moral
support.) when we were called into the tent my peircer still wasn't
done with the girl before me (getting her nipple done) so we all got to
watch that...ouch (though it looked really cool, and she didn't look
like she was in too much pain.) when she left we walked back, and i sat
down. the first thing i noticed was my peircer (i never learned his
name) had a retainer in his septum. this reassured me a little. i was
insanley nervous, from hearing storties of septum peircings where the
cartilige was accidentally peirced. i talked to him about that and he
said he had a tool that " pushed" the cartilage out of the way- hearing
this did not help. i had also heard bad things about devices used with
the needle to peirce the septum. i'm pretty tolerant to pain, i can
handle a lot of it, i just absolutly hate anticipating it. so Julia
took my hand and allowed me to squeeze as hard as i liked. when the man
brought out the device it wasn't so bad- in fact the thing, in my
opinion, was genius. it looked like the forceps used with tounge
peircings, except that this one, instead of being flat and grippy at the
end had two hollow cylinders which, when the forceps were closed, met
together to form one straight cylinder, perfect for pushing a needle
through. He called another peircer over to see his tool (he made it
himself) and then after swabbing my nose full of yellow goo, he had me
tilt my head back and put the forcep-thing in my nose-it didn't hurt a
bit, like i had heard things of that sort would. he told me to close my
eyes, and take two deep breaths and exhale deeply, through my moth while
holding very still. (i think by that time i had cut off the circulation
in julia's hand.) on the 2nd exhale i felt a sharp, painful prick,
which can only be compaired to when you have blood drawn with that
gigantic needle. the pain was gone as quickly as it had come. i opened
my eyes, saw lilly's death white face and decided to keep my eyes
closed. (lilly's not easily shocked, or disgusted, so i had no idea how
bad it might be.) the peircer told me i'd feel a tugging sensation as
he stid the cbb in. that felt the same as when they put the ring in my
tounge, and wasn't that bad. i had oppted for a small ( i think 1/2
inch, 14 gauge) ring that could be easily flipped up into my nose .
this was for 2 reasons- 1)i would die 1000 deaths at the hands of my
parents if they knew, and 2) i would die another 1000 deaths and be
fired at the hands of my boss. the peircer gave me a compact mirror
(clinique, i believe) and i got to see it before he showed me how to
flip it up- it was so cool!!!!!!! he went over instructions for
cleansing, gave me a sheet which had everything written out and then
sent me, and my friends on our way.

so anyway, i'm insanly happy with my newest peircing, and so far none

of the adults have found out (though most of my friends have even though
i tried to keep everything hush hush. you can not keep a secret in my
little group.)

i didn't get to go in the pit any more that night (i didn't want my

nose getting knocked around) but most of my friends had gotten so worn
down (13 hours in 90 deggree weather moshing will tire anyone) that they
stayed out with me. so i finally was able to get my nose pwirced, and
i'm still loving it.

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submitted by: Anonymouson: 15 June 1999in
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